When musician Zhou Yunpeng was denied an account at one of China’s largest state banks last month, he learnt it was because he was classified as “a person without capacity for civil conduct”. Mr Zhou is blind.
“People do not understand how impaired people live, how they operate mobile phones or use bank cards,” Mr Zhou says. “And if you do not understand each other, you cannot talk about accessibility.”
Mr Zhou eventually opened his account and received an apology from the bank. However, the incident sparked a furious debate on social media about how China accommodates the physically and mentally disabled.
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